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any idea how to improve trade income as Trebizond?

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Hello there,

any idea how I can improve my trade income as Trebizond? I'm only making a measly 2.95 ducats a month, currently steering form Astrakhan into Crimea and having an extra merchant collect in Crimea (my home node). The colonial range is not sufficient to transfer from Samarkand into Astrakhan yet. I have taken economic and diplomatic ideas as expansion opportunities seemed limited at start and I was initially planning on playing tall, but I am craving cashflow to start constructing buildings - all proceeds from waging war went into keeping the empire from collapsing to rebels.

EDIT: https://imgur.com/a/1PpM1

Posted Dec 27, 2017, 12:57 PM UTC

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Naovar_Anathor•

Here you have two choice : develop production/build manufactory on crimea /astrakan . Conquer constaninople node then ragusa and finaly venice. The latter one is better since in crimea you lose lot of trade value to constantinople and some in kiev.

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eu4subOP•

I wanted to try a tall Trebizond game, aiming for a Caucasian empire. Unfortunately the Otto's attacked, taking Constantinople once the truce runs out!

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micesacle•

Build your fleet to max force limit and tell them to protect trade in Constantinople. Get your merchants to collect in Crimea and Constantinople

This is one of the rare situations where building docks for extra forcelimit might actually be worthwhile to you although I'd focus on building them in provinces with poor trade goods first as you'll want to prioritize Manufactories, Production and tax buildings in provinces with good tradegoods.

Are you using the trade power edicts and have you given the CoT's to the burghers?

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eu4subOP•

Trade power edicts, forgot about them! I guess Crimera is too poor to make a decent buck, so moving my trade capital to Sinop. Spamming buildings is not really realistic yet as my economy is in shambles due to Ottoman aggression...

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czk_21•

just conquer qaras cots and put your main TC to persia node, later u can switch for constantinople

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